tech companies

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2017 by Sam Altman · across every show →

Everything said about tech companies, oldest first

Mar 17, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altman: Most Great Tech Companies Built Early Teams via Personal Referrals
“Most great companies in tech have been built by personal referrals for the first at least hundred employees, and often many more.”
Sam Altman Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 13:32 Team and Execution with Sam Altman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 2) · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 neutral
Insight
Bartram: Companies only look at side projects during initial resume screening
“So companies, Don't actually pay very much attention to side projects. Except for at the screening stage. So resume screen, you know, candidate applies to company, the company decides if they're going to interview the person at all. And there's some adverse se…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 23:30 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
Mar 21, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Braswell: 2014 Tech Diversity Reports Sparked a National Conversation
“And at that time, the summer of 2014, right before I left, all the tech companies came out with the stats of the lack of diversity, which is something we all knew. Right. But it was the first time it became really a national conversation.”
Porter Braswell Mar 21, 2018 ▶ 3:06 Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business - Porter Braswell of Jopwell · Y Combinator
Nov 27, 2019 negative
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Doctorow: Comprehensive content moderation mandates entrench Big Tech monopolies
“If we fix the tech companies, if we say in order to operate a social network, you have to make sure That you are policing hate speech, copyright infringement, terrorism, and every other kind of bad act, then what you're really saying is that you can only have …”
Cory Doctorow Nov 27, 2019 ▶ 29:45 Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability · Y Combinator
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